Globalisation Flashcards
According to Held et al what is globalisation?
globalisation is interconnectedness in all aspects of life in culture, criminality, financial, spiritual.
Example of technological, economical and political globalisation.
Technological- microsoft teams during COVID.
Economical- 24-hour economy (Amazon).
Political- Western Leader’s frozen Russia’s bank.
Define cultural globalisation
Movement of ideas, attitudes and cultural products across borders.
Global culture transmitted, reinforced by internet, media, transportation, marketing.
E.g., Migration.
How does cultural globalisation leads to crime?
Cultural barriers broken due to media, easier movement of businesses and pp.
Isolated to specific area now global issue, opportunities for criminals to find new ways of committing crime.
What crimes are promoted by globalisation?
Human trafficking.
Terrorism.
Money laundering.
What is supply and demand of globalisation in terms of crime?
Supply- resources (drugs, sex workers).
Demand- organisations, pp, criminals need resources supplied for profitable means
According to socialist Taylor, what has globalisation led to?
changes in patterns and extent of crimes by giving free reign to market forces.
Greater inequality/ rising crime rates.
Creation of crime from social elite and corporation to those in poverty.
How has globalisation led to crime according to Left Realists?
Materialistic culture promoted by media portrays success as lifestyle/ consumption- creates insecurity/ inequalities encourage crime to achieve cultural goals.
E.g., In LA, de-industrialisation let to growth of drug gangs.
According to Marxists, how has globalisation created opportunities for elite?
E.g., movement of money globally to avoid taxes etc is easier.
According to Beck how has globalisation created a risk society?
developments in science/ tech= global warming, terrorism.
Conflicting findings in science made pp doubt science= uncertainty/ risk society.
How do Left Realists support globalisation causing crime?
crime rates lower in 1939s than 80s despite great depression, justify relative deprivation/ globalisation than poverty that drives crime
How do Right Realists critique globalisation causing crime?
neither poverty/ relative deprivation drives crime, welfare dependency leads to crime, separate to globalisation.
